Thank you for contacting my office recently to express your opposition to the referencedlegislative proposal. I agree with your opposition and will vote against this bill, should itreach the floor of the Assembly.

Despite that there is no evidence whatsoever that the so-called "Assault Weapon" ban hasdone anything to reduce crime in New Jersey, its advocates remain staunch in theirsystematic assault on rights guaranteed to the people by the Second Amendment. Theyare unwilling to even consider that their policy might have been wrong in the first place.

I am grateful that, on this issue, the Congress has shown a great deal more openness toreason than the New Jersey Legislature.

I live in the same county as Spike69 with Richard Merkt as my Assemlyman. I had an incident where I needed his help in a Gun related issue, and he immediately contacted me and helped me out. He is pro second ammendment, and a decent person. It would be great to have him as our Govenor. Maybe we should send him a letter requesting that he runs and we should all sign it.